Collar-button



P. A. RONTEY.

COLLAR BUTON. APPLICATION FILED APR.II,19I9.

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Application flied AApril i1,

To all whom t may concern.' ,.1 f' Be it known that I PIERREARONTEY, a citizen of the United tates, residing at Coscob, in the county of 1Fairfield` and State of lonnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates .to new and: useful improvements in collar buttons .and animportant objectthereof resides in thek provision of a device which,V will facilitate the buttoning of a collar. v v

Another object of my'invention resides in the provision of a device .of the above mentioned character, including means which may be normally retained within thefbutton, or may if desired .be` extended vupon opposite sides of the button to retain the same within its respective button holes.

Other objects and advantages of my ,invcntion will become apparent during the course of the following description.

ln the accompanying drawings forming a part of the description and wherein like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout `the same, Y

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the invention withthe rod thereof extended and arranged at right angle to the shank of the button.

Fig. It is a vertical section through the,in-y vention, and

Fig. 5 is a transverse section through the shank of the button and taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings wherein is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 6 designates in generall'a collar button pressed out of a single piece of material to provide a base?, an elliptical shank 8, and a head 9 which is inthe form of a cup shaped socket. rlhe Vupper edge of the socket 9 is provided with a pair of upstand- Y ing oppositely disposed ears 10, each of which is `provided with a perforation 11.

A ball shaped member 12 is provided with a pair of oppositely disposed pintles 18, by which the ball is pivotally mounted upon the socket, by the pintles engaging with the perforations 11 in the ears. As clearly shown in Fig. 1, approximately one third of the ball 12 is received lin the socket 9 for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

Speoicrationrof Letters Patent.

y Patenten' aug.js`,192o. 1919. yserial No. 289,233. l

This ball 12 is provided with diametrical-ly extending bore 14Cv which is provided inthe relative lower portion ofthe ball and nor-l `mally `extends in` avertical plane with re lation yto the button. The relative upper portion of the bore 14; is restricted as at 15, whereby a rod 16 is slidably mountedI in the restricted portion 15 of the bore. 1 Bothends of this rod are enlarged to form an abutment 17 and a head 18, so that the vrod cannot be come detached from the ball 12. When the rod 16 is moved outwardly of the ball to its outermost extended position, it will be seen that thefabutmenty 17 will abut withthereball.

To use thebutton, it is passed through the front button holes of a collar band attached to shirt, then the head 18 is grasped andy moved outwardly to extend the rod 16 from the ball 12. One button hole in one end of the collar is then threaded over the head 18 and/then on to the rod 16. When this vis accomplished, it will be understood that the rod 16 extends at an angle tothe shank 8, and by actuating the rod to draw the collar button hole toward the head of the button it will be seen that the end of the collar will slide down the rod 16 until it abuts with the ball 12. A s the other hand of the operator is free, he may press upon the free end of the collar so ,that the button hole therein is forced over the ball 12, socket 9 and then brought upon the shank of the collar button in its proper position. TheV other end of the collar ris placed upon the shank 8 in a similar manner.` 16 is actuated to slide it back through the bore 14, the restricted portion 15 thereof, and then into the shank of the button. If, after the collar has been attached to the button, it is desired to provide an additional retaining means so that the free ends of the eok Then, the rod f collar will not become disengaged with the the drawings. The rod 16 may then be actuated or moved back through the borelL so that each end of the rod 16 extends beyond opposite sides of the socket 9. When the rod is in this position, it will be clearly seen that an additional abutment is provided so that it is practically impossible for the free ends of the collar to become detached `from the button.

The foregoing description and the draw ings have `reference to what may be considered. the preferred, or approved, form of invention. It is to be understood that I may make such changes in constructions and arrangement, and combination of parts, ma-

terials, dimensions, etc., as may prove expedient and fallwithin the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by ,Letters Patent, is

l. A collar button comprising a shank, a member pivotally mounted in the shank o1' said collar button and provided with a bore therethrough having a restricted portion, a rod slidably mounted in said bore, and means on each end of said rod for engagement with said restricted portion to prevent disengagement of the rod with said pivoted member.

2. The combination with a collar button ber pivotally mounted in said socket, and a rod slidable through said member and capable of extension upon opposite `sides thereof.

3f The combination with a collar button,

ed in said member whereby said rod may be received in said hollow shank or may be extended upon oppositefsides of said member. In testimony whereoit` l affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PIERRE A. RONTEY. vWitnesses: Y

W. C. RUNGEE, ETHEL M. DAVIDSON.

3()` having a socket on one end thereof, a mem- 

